Anna Bolena and the Artistic Maturity of Gaetano Donizetti

by Philip Gossett

Though he wrote quickly, Donizetti left extensive evidence of his aesthetic concerns in his autograph manuscripts. These documents reveal with extraordinary clarity the difficult composition process underlying works that, on the surface, appear to be almost effortless. Anna Bolena, which marked Donizetti's first triumph and carried his name to every important operatic center in Europe, is a central work in his career. In a close study of the autograph...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0193132052
• ISBN13: 9780193132054
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"